I found Leslie’s Haiku Buckaroo Contest! via Jen. I wrote these a while back, but you know, there just isn’t a market for tech writer haiku. I can’t imagine why.
Technical Writer Haiku
Code cutoff, rejoice
But wait! It will not install
Tears drench your keyboard
* * *
There will be changes
Content, timeframe, uncertain
Revisions endless
* * *
New program feature
Two Subject Matter Experts
The delay is long
* * *
Release tomorrow
“We forgot to tell you . . .”
Endless night of words
* * *
Documentation
Seven hundred pages
A tech writer weeps

4 Comments
August 3, 2007 at 10:42 am
Oh, the tears of the tech writer. I love these! Fabulous entries.
August 3, 2007 at 12:34 pm
[...] Tech Writer Haiku submitted by Charity at Writing Wrongs [...]
August 3, 2007 at 12:55 pm
I remember these – I LOVE them! So glad we’ve got those tech haikus again.
August 10, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Y’know, there really should be more call for tech writer haiku. These are brilliant!